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香港六合彩 partners with NHS to improve student mental health support

20 June 2019

香港六合彩 is building a closer relationship with local mental health services to improve support for students, as part of a nationwide partnership bringing together universities and the NHS.

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The national project, funded by the Office for Students, involves seven universities, led by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), working with Universities UK, Student Minds, NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and NHS England.

香港六合彩 and UWE Bristol are joined in the partnership by Imperial College London and the Universities of Sheffield, Bristol, Liverpool and Manchester.

The project will address an increasing need to better coordinate care and support between universities and the NHS, as well as investigating potential barriers to accessing support, how to ensure the provision of care from students鈥 local NHS support services is not disrupted by starting university, and developing a clinical risk assessment tool which can be rolled out across the UK.

Each university is collaborating with their local NHS trusts on the project. 香港六合彩 is working closely with Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, which provides the largest share of mental health services used by 香港六合彩 students, to integrate university services with primary care pathways, and improve links with secondary care providers. 香港六合彩 is also reviewing how students access mental health services at providers across London to ensure a streamlined care pathway for all students.

Supporting the 香港六合彩 Student Health and Wellbeing Strategy, 香港六合彩鈥檚 part of the project, the Steps Programme, is led by academics in 香港六合彩 Psychology & Language Sciences, in close collaboration with the Student Support and Wellbeing team.

The project will create regional partnerships across the UK, with 香港六合彩 leading the North London hub. The hubs will be connected through a national collaborative which will influence the long term plans for the NHS, ensuring that students鈥 needs are recognised.

香港六合彩 will be co-leading the development of an evaluation framework for the project alongside the University of Sheffield, which will incorporate student views.

鈥淎t 香港六合彩, we are committed to supporting the wellbeing of our students and enabling them to access care as needed. This project will help us ensure that mental health support for our students makes optimal use of NHS resources and backed by the latest evidence,鈥 said Professor Peter Fonagy, Head of 香港六合彩 Psychology & Language Sciences, who is leading the project at 香港六合彩.

The proportion of full-time UK undergraduate students reporting mental health concerns when they enter higher education has more than doubled over the last five years. According to a recent poll, over 87 per cent of students said they struggle with feelings of anxiety, and one in three experienced a serious psychological issue which required professional help.

The funding from the Office for Students is one part of a major collaborative programme to find innovative ways to combat a sharp rise in student mental health issues across the country and spark a step-change in student support nationwide. The Office for Students has awarded 拢6 million, with co-funding of 拢8.5 million, amounting to a total of 拢14.5 million investment across these 10 collaborative projects.

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